Lofty Ambition

Dh and the kids met a man the other day who was a professor at SMS (oops, MSU, sorry). They were having a lengthy discussion and eventually the subject of homeschooling was brought up. Why is it that people feel they must test our children when they are homeschooled? It's not uncommon for people to ask my children where they go to school and when they say "I'm homeschooled", inevitably the next question is "What's 9X6?", or "Who was the 3rd president?". Sheesh! I don't recall my older children who went to PS ever fielding such questions. I can only hope that it's because more is expected of homeschoolers than their public schooled counterparts. It's no secret that many of the last geography and/or spelling bee winners have been homeschoolers. I admit I would love to have a child with such a love of learning that they win a scholarship to an Ivy League College and obtain a PhD and find a way to cure cancer or end world hunger and win a Nobel prize and..........."EARTH TO CINDI".................Oh well, I can dream, can't I?

The professor eventually got around to asking sisterwho what it is she wants to do when she grows up. Sisterwho said, "I want to cut hair". Dh didn't miss a beat and nobly replied, "There ya go, we must be doing something right!".

Hey, where would the world be without Hairdressers?